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One-percenters looking to live like American royalty now have a chance to buy into Manhattan’s famed 740 Park Ave. co-op — and for a notable discount to boot.

The childhood home of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis — a sprawling, four-bedroom pad — returned to market this week for a cool $29.5 million, Curbed reported. That’s far from a song, but when compared to the home’s original — and sky-high — asking price of $44 million in 2014, a billionaire might call it a deal.

The duplex’s current owner, hedge-funder David Ganek, purchased this spread for $19.1 million in 2005, according to city records. After being listed in 2014 for that stratospheric $44 million sum, the home languished on the market until early this month, and even saw a price chop to $32.5 million, StreetEasy shows.

Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisB/AFP/Getty Images

But long before Ganek owned it, John V. Bouvier III and wife Janet — Jackie O’s parents — called it home for six years in the 1930s. It’s reportedly still referred to as the Bouvier apartment, but the family history actually runs deeper. Onassis’ grandfather James T. Lee developed the address, which today is home to fashion designer Vera Wang, hedge-fund titan Israel Englander and Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman.

That doesn’t mean the Art Deco edifice hasn’t seen its share of controversy. As noted property gossip Michael Gross reported for The Post this year, a string of robberies in the past few years have gone unsolved. Chunks of the limestone facade also fell to the ground this spring and — just before that — a two-alarm fire broke out in the apartment of J. Ezra Merkin, which forced oil heir David Koch from his 18-room duplex.

Ganek and wife, Danielle, were robbery victims — having lost $100,000 in watches and jewels — and even had smoke from Merkin’s unit stink up their own. Gross also mentions the couple was forced out twice because of leaks.

It’s also a notoriously tough co-op to get into. Business Insider reports applicants must have a liquid net worth of at least $100 million. The site adds the co-op’s board has turned down Barbra Streisand and billionaire Len Blavatnik.

Drama aside, the unit has a number of glitzy features. The living room faces Park Avenue, the library has restored paneling and the St. Charles-designed chef’s kitchen has a breakfast area. Best of all is the upper-level master suite, which has two marbled bathrooms, two dressing rooms and two offices.